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Home My WebLink About01/17/40 Wednesday January 17, 1940. ~t a Special meeting of the city cor~i~sion of the City of Bre~erton, ,~ashington, ha~dfo~Wedn~sday January 17,1940 et nine o'clock A. M., Ma~or Jones presiding, ioner Bruenn, Commissioner Cased and the City Attorney being present. The Msyor announced that the meeting had been called and convened for the purpose considering an appeal of Mr Young the contractor on the SEARS building,on Fourth Stre, from a ruling of the City Building Inspector. , Mr Young the contractor called on Mr Wright the architect on the Job who explained that the had requested the Building Inspector to permit them to substitute half inch gypsum wall board for lath and plaster and that this request had been refused, he then read from ].etters from the building inspectors of sever~ ~r~e cities,~iving the i~' that the gypsum wall board should be accepted in.~om~ o~s~s~instead'of'lath and p as provided by the Bremerton Building Code; he also quoted from U. $. Board of ~tandard a~d the methods ~ollowed or a~lowed in several cities. The City Attorney and the members of the commission asked several questions which were answered by Mr Wright. Mr MeLeod the city Building Inspector was called on and made a general report of the conditions leading up to the controversy, refuting some of the statements ~ade by Mr Wright, he als read from the building code and gave the commission the benefit of his experience and investigations, and he urged a strict observance of our building code, Nr ~cLeod asked that Mr Clay ~ representative of the plastering industry be heard ~nd Mr Young objected on the grounds that Mr Clay was "an outsider" and had no right to be heard in this matter. Objection was overruled and Mr Clay was per~itted to proceed; he exhibited a sample of Gypsum board and explained its manufacture and us~, showing that while it was permitted in some dwellings it was not approved for crowded areas or fire districts; he also exhibited a sample of the kind of plaster which w~s provi- ded by the code and e×plained its superiority over plaste$ board or other substitutes. ~r Yett the Bremerton Fire Chief was called on and stated he was in favor of strict adherence to the code and submitted a letter from the Washington Fire Rating Bureau ~tating that "according to all information we are able to obtain from past tests, it is ~ound that plaster board does not even nearly approach the f~re resisting qualities of lath and plaster and therefore in our judgment should not be permitted,especially in ~his type of builSing and where located within the fire limite of congested value dis- trict of the city".- - -"In the interest of the city as a whole, we suggest strict ~ompliance with your building regulations be required at ell times since these regula- tions are normally designed as minimum requirements-. Motion by Mr Jones and Mr Cased to refer the further consideration of the matter to ~he committee of the whole, cerrie~ as follows: Mr Jones, Yes. Mr Bruenn, Yes. Mr ~osad, Yes. Motion by Mr Jones and Mr Cased to adjourn special meeting, carried as follows: ,ir Jones, Yes. Mr, Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Cased, Yes. kPPROVED: ~ Wednesday January 17,1940. Pursuant to adjournment the regular meeting of Saturday January 13,1940 was recomvened on wednesday J~ 17,1940 at ten o'clock, A.M., all members being preseut. Mr Bruenn submitted report od his tabulation of proposals submitted for the necessary supply of gasoline and oils for the ensuing year beginning Feburary l, 1940 and ending January 31,194~ and recommended that gasoline contracts be awarded as follows: General Petroleum Corporation from Fob.1 to March 31 1940. Gilmore 0il Company Apr. I to May 31 1940 Signal 0il Company June 1.to July 31 1940 Associated 0il Co., Aug. 1 to Sept 30 1940 Shell 0il Company 0et.1 t~ Nov 30 1940 and that the supply for December 1940 and January 194~ be left for for fut,,re decision. For the necessary suppl~ of 0il and grease he recommended that the contract be awarded to the Texas Company, for Easterh Lube at 61 cents per gallon, For necessary supply of Keresene he recommended the contract be awarded to the~tandard 0il Company et 11.44 per gallon. }~otion by Mr Jones and Mr Cased to approve reco~mendation of Mr Bruenn and award contracts accordingly, carried as follows: ~r Jones, Yes. Mr Bruenn, Yes. ~,lr Casad, Yes. Clerk read ordinance regulating parking, standing, and discharging passengers by 5usses and taxicabs or other vehicles used for transporting passengers. Ordinance was discussed at length and was referred back to the city attorney for changes. Hotion by Mr Jones and ~r Bruenn to adjourn until Saturday January ~0,1940 at ten o'clock A.~., carried as follows: Er Jones, Yes. Mr Hruenn, Yes. Mr Casad,Yes. APPROVED: